ModernPublic - Huntington Beach is the flagship city for the ModernPublic.com network. The additional features found for HB are under construction for the other cities, where applicable. MP - HB currently is configured to have the following 10 sections:

1. Public Polls - The default screen for your city. This is where current polls are located. To participate in a poll, click on a topic. To vote, select your answers. Push the "Vote" button at the bottom of the poll to cast your vote. You can view the poll results without voting by clicking on "view results". You may also create your own polls by pushing the "Create a new poll" button at the bottom of the screen.
After voting, the poll will display the latest updated totals.

2. Public Forum - Post comments and reply to comments others have posted. This area is for registered users only. Anyone may register. It is free. To register, simply click on the "register" link in the upper right side of the public forum screen. After you are registered, you can immediately begin to post and reply to comments.

3. Public Chat - Chat with others in our community. Perfect for all televised government meetings such as City Council and Planning Commission meetings.

4. Polling Results - View the archived results of previous "Public Polls".

5. Council Agendas - City council agenda as posted by the city clerk on the Friday night before the next city council meeting (PDF format). It is recommended the Agenda be printed or opened as a second window to most effectively use the Council Meetings area.

6. City Administrator's Weekly Report - A weekly report about Huntington Beach city government issues and activities created by the City Administrator each week. Note: you must have an Acrobat Reader installed on your system. If you don't have and Acrobat Reader yet, you can get one for free here.

7. City Newsletters - This is a monthly newsletter called Community Connection created by the city and paid for by the people of Huntington Beach. Are you receiving it? Note: you must have an Acrobat Reader installed on your system. If you don't have and Acrobat Reader yet, you can get one for free here.

8. City Contacts - Telephone, fax, and E-mail information for department heads and council members. Note: In Huntington Beach the official city web sites, scattered willy-nilly all over the net, do not provide any phone or email information. That public information can only be found here.

9. Related Links - Links to the cities many web servers and other sites of interest.

10. ModernPublic TV - Public Access Television produced by the people of Huntington Beach. HB3-TV is paid for with the peoples money but the people are prohibited from access. This is by HB policy. HB-3 TV amounts to our very own government sponsored propaganda channel. The peoples access to cable television is restricted to channel 6. The peoples programs may be found here. Anyone can air programs on channel 6. For more information on Public Access television in Huntington Beach, contact Ursula with Time Warner at: (714) 847-4531. Note: This number is an answering machine that is usually checked once day, Monday through Friday. Don't get discouraged if you find it difficult to get through to a live human. Things are improving.

Requirements for HB.

You must have an Acrobat Reader (free) to view or print the city agenda's, city Administrators Weekly report, or newsletters provided by the city in the Acrobat format